It's interesting that Krugman brings up Ayn Rand and her neo-Nazi, "uebermensch" views. Paul Ryan famously cites Rand as his inspiration, and it may be through Ryan that Scott Walker became acquainted with Rand (since he's shown time and again that he can't read beyond a fourth-grade level).

The Republicans discovered Rand and are now busily morphing into the Swastika Party (in Wisconsin, this transition is complete